Todber

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Dorset, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = St Andrew's Church, Todber - geograph.org.uk - 361897.jpg

|static_image_caption = Parish church of St Andrew, Todber

|coordinates = {{coord|50.979|-2.287|display=inline,title}}

|map_type = Dorset

|official_name = Todber

|population = 140

| unitary_england= Dorset

| lieutenancy_england= Dorset

|post_town = Sturminster Newton

|postcode_area = DT

|postcode_district = DT10

|constituency_westminster = North Dorset

|region = South West England

|os_grid_reference = ST800200

}}

Todber is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, about {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=off|spell=on|0}} southwest of Shaftesbury. The underlying geology is Corallian limestone.{{cite book|title=Portrait of Dorset|author=Ralph Wightman|author-link=Ralph Wightman|page=17|publisher=Robert Hale Ltd|edition=4|year=1983|ISBN=0 7090 0844 9}} In the 2011 census the parish had 55 households and a population of 140.{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129751&c=Todber&d=16&e=62&g=6418105&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1433746630571&enc=1 |title=Area: Todber (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |accessdate=8 June 2015}}

In 1086 Todber was recorded in the Domesday Book as Todeberie;{{cite web |url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/dorset3.html |title=Dorset S-Z |work=The Domesday Book Online |publisher=domesdaybook.co.uk |accessdate=7 February 2015}} it was in the hundred of Gillingham, the lord was Geoffrey Mallory and the tenant-in-chief was William of Mohun. It had one mill, {{convert|12|acre|ha|1|abbr=off}} of meadow and 2 ploughlands.{{cite web |url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST7920/todber/ |title=Place: Todber |publisher=domesdaymap.co.uk |work=Open Domesday |accessdate=7 February 2015}}

Todber parish church was rebuilt in the Early English and Perpendicular styles in 1879, though the tower is of earlier construction.{{cite web|url=http://www.opcdorset.org/TodberFiles/Todber.htm|title=Todber|publisher=Dorset OPC Project|accessdate=18 November 2013|date=2013}}

Todber is one of four parishes — the others being East Stour, Stour Provost and West Stour — under the governance of The Stours Parish Council.{{cite web |url=http://www.thestoursparishcouncil.org.uk/TheStours-PC/Default.aspx |publisher=The Stours Group Parish Council |title=Welcome to The Stours Parish Council Website |accessdate=15 March 2015}}